Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) THE PERFUME OF EROS By Mr Saltus IMPERIAL PURPLE THE POMPS OF SATAN MARY MAGDALEN A TRANSACTION IN HEARTS THE PHILOSOPHY OF DISENCHANTMENT THE PACE THAT KILLS THE ANATOMY OF NEGATION PURPLE AND FINE WOMEN MR. INCONT'S MISADVENTURE THE TRUTH ABOUT TRISTOEM VARICK LOVE AND LORE THE STORY WITHOUT A NAME EDEN In Preparation SCAFFOLDS AND ALTARS The Perfume of Eros A FIFTH AVENUE INCIDENT By EDGAR SALTUS New York A. WESSELS COMPANY 1905 Copyrighted 1905 by EDGAR SALTUS Printed October, 1905 PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y. THE FACTS IN THE CASE TABLE OF CONTENTS THE FACTS IN THE CASE CHAPTER PAGE I. A MAN OF FASHION 9 II. THE POCKET VENUS 19 III. THE EX-FIRST LADY 32 IV. ENCHANTMENT 44 V. MARIE CHANGES HER NAME 52 VI. THE YELLOW FAY 63 VII. SWEET-AND-TWENTY 71 VIII. TWO IN A TURRET 80 IX. FANNY CHANGES HER CLOTHES 89 X. A VICTIM 101 THE GENERAL SESSIONS CHAPTER PAGE I. DISENCHANTMENT 111 II. THE MOTE IN THE EYE 121 III. THE GATES OF LIFE 133 IV. THE RETURN OF THE YELLOW FAY 144 V. EXIT FANNY 156 VI. WHAT THE PAPERS SAID 166 VII. HELD WITHOUT BAIL 177 VIII. THE DEFENDANT TO THE BAR 191 IX. THE TWELFTH JUROR 202 X. THE VERDICT 219 THE PERFUME OF EROS CHAPTER I A MAN OF FASHION "Royal," said the man's mother that evening, "are you still thinking of Fanny Price?" It was in Gramercy Park. As you may or may not know, Gramercy Park is the least noisy spot in the metropolitan Bedlam. Without being unreasonably aristocratic it is sedate and what agents call exclusive.